Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2) remains a unique entity in the landscape of HIV research due to its distinct epidemiological and clinical characteristics. Predominantly confined to West ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers believe they discovered a new type of life form living in the human body that were previously misidentified as viruses. According to a new study from bioRxiv that has ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the ...

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold ...

An international team has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite. The virus is associated with severe inflammation in humans infected with the parasite ...

Bird flu viruses appear to replicate and thrive at temperatures higher than a typical fever—one of the body’s key protective ways of stopping viruses. This threat to human health has been outlined in ...

A brand new virus, which may be able to jump to humans, has been detected in a mouse in Florida. The virus is a type of jeilongvirus, which have previously only been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...